Police Arrest Suspected ATM Thieves After Pursuit

ATLANTA – Three suspected ATM thieves were captured early Wednesday after a police chase, and officers recovered a cash machine taken from a Downtown Atlanta dry cleaners.

The thieves shattered the front door of Cachet Cleaners at the intersection of West Peachtree Street and Ivan Allen Boulevard shortly before 5 a.m.

Atlanta police Capt. Van Hobbs told the AJC that an officer “came around the corner, saw the individuals fleeing in a black Chevrolet Suburban and got behind them.”

Atlanta police and the Georgia State Patrol pursued the Suburban south out of downtown on Pryor Road, and a State Patrol trooper performed a “PIT” maneuver at the intersection of Pryor and Hendrix Avenue, sending the SUV into a fence.

Police arrested the three occupants of the Suburban and recovered the stolen ATM from the back of the vehicle, Hobbs said.